Patrick is either a hack or just single sourced his article. In only recognizing the FEA as the predictable boogeyman opposing Parent Trigger, Patrick fails miserably in telling the whole story. It was a group of real Florida moms who did the heavy lifting on defeating the bill last year.

And I wonder if Students First’s Lowery, a one-time staffer for the-Governor Bush, will just resubmit the 1000 signatures her predecessor Catherine Robinson said she had last year. House sponsor Carlos Trujillo said last week he has 800 signatures of support for Parent Trigger. Maybe they are coming from Students First. Robinson was outed for attempting an astroturf campaign for Parent Trigger last year. And, boy, was she some kind of mad.

Even Levesque has her own signature snafu after she signed her own foundation’s petition twice. After Scathing Purple Musingspointed this out, one of Levesque’s signatures disappeared. That petition is up to a whopping 92 which includes Robinson, several Bush foundation staffers and a boat load of folks named Anonymous.

The votes are there to pass Parent Trigger in the House. There should be in the Senate, too, but the hesitancy to start it through committees may be signaling something else. Rick Scott wanted it last year, but his silent ambivalence signals something else. It’s hard not to speculate that Scott would prefer not seeing Parent Trigger on his desk this year.

So is this repeat of last year’s dog and pony show a sign of desperation? Or is it just a lame PR stunt to give political cover to legislators who’ve been getting their brains beat out during committee debate? At some point, you can no longer rely on a bunch of paid lobbyists, hacks and operatives to sign in to testify and then waive in support.

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About Bob Sikes

A long time ago and a planet far, far away I was an athletic trainer for the New York Mets. I was blessed to be part of the now legendary 1986 World Series Championship. My late father told me that I'd one day be thankful I had that degree in teaching from Florida State University. He was right and I became twice blesses to become a teacher in the late 1990's. After dabbling with writing about the Mets and then politics, I settled on education.

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HELP WANTED: does anyone know of a parent of a student in an “F-rated” school that would vote for the Parent Trigger bill if given a chance? Parent Trigger would give education reform options to parents of students in failing schools. please contact me at william@floridawatchdog.org